You can certainly tell that the Rock Star has an older sister, because here are her two favorite phrases. "NO! Dat MINE!" and "Mama! Sissy NO-NO! Sissy OW. MINE ball!"

Also, it's probably time to address her kleptomania. She will walk up to random strangers wherever we happen to be, grab their purse, put it over her shoulder, and run off. She also tries to take their shoes off their feet if they seem very attractive to her.

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It would seem that the Rock Star is working on trying to talk as much as her older sister. This morning while I was making coffee, and she walked into the kitchen carrying "a shoe?" "Sissy's shoe?" And I said, "Yes, that's sissy's shoe." Then she did her sign for "flower" and I said "Yes, Sissy's shoe has a flower on it." I think that's how the language gets developed, you have to talk back to them and repeat what you think they're trying to...

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She didn't quite get how to play with her bike. She seems to have figured it out now.


K is almost too big for her bike! I can't believe how big she's getting.

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This week, as people were admiring the Rock Star and not her: "I came out first."

In a large public space, mysteriously silent at the time: "I have two moms." She has a whole other imaginary family. They have a dog and a brother, not a rotten sister. She does not have two moms, not that there's anything wrong with that. (Am I the only one who still loves Seinfeld?)

Another crowded public space, to a girl who happened to ask her if she likes Elmo:...

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C just figured out today how to stand up in the middle of the room and she's been walking all over the living room all evening. Maybe she's finally ready to walk all the time. It will be great, because she gets so dirty on the floors at work.

She's also figured out some other new things. She knows where her tummy, nose, and toes are. Occasionally she know where her eyes are, but it could be a lucky guess. She can give you five now, thanks to the guys from work. When we left...

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